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On Wednesday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed this week's news that Bayer is acquiring longtime St. Louis-based company Monsanto. Joining him for the discussion was St. Louis Public Radio reporter/newscaster Wayne Pratt.

Producer Alex Heuer talked with Boubon, Missouri, native Taylor Louderman about her upbringing and recent Tony Award nomination.

When a material (like paper) or a container (like a bottle or a can) has served its original purpose and still has useful life remaining, that material will remain in use as ingredients in recycled-content products - if you put it in your recycling bin. But not everything should go in that bin.
              
Bob Henkel manages Recycling On The Go for St. Louis Earth Day. He has BIN there & done that Green thang at hundreds of events, with thousand of humans. He know his recycling stuff. So does Earthworms host Jean Ponzi.

This conversation sorts through - literally! - what can and cannot be recycled, and why it's important not to use that Blue Bin as a catch-all for stuff you WISH could continue to be useful, if somebody else does something with it. 

Coming up June 30, 2018: the second Recycling Extravaganza collection this year for hard-to-recycle stuff. Check it out - and remember to ONLY bring what will be accepted!

Global market shifts are puttin' the squeeze on our recycling industry. We need to work together with our recycling service pros to keep this fundamental Green activity functioning, solvent and useful.

Got Sustainable Living questions? Missouri Botanical Garden's Green Resources Answer Service will give you any possible reuse and recycling options for other stuff - plus advice on more, FREE!

Music: Washboard Suzie, performed live at KDHX by Zydeco Crawdaddies

THANKS to Earthworms engineer, Ms. Anna Holland.

Related Earthworms Conversations: Life Without Plastic? (January 2018 and Barge-Based Trash Basher Chad Pregracke (March 2017)

Host Don Marsh talks to actors Corinne Melançon, Steve Isom and Stages St. Louis associate producer, Andrew Kuhlman, about stages' "I Do! I Do!" production. 

Ryan Dowis of Cornerstones of Care and Melanie Scheetz of the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition joined Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air to discuss current challenges facing the region’s most vulnerable youth and those who care for them.

Host Don Marsh talks to author and historian Jon Meacham about Meacham's latest book, "Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels." 

On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum welcomes Sean Soendker Nicholson, Sen. Rob Schaaf and former Sen. Jim Lembke to the program to talk about a ballot initiative known as “Clean Missouri.”

Clean Missouri is a multi-faceted ethics proposal that seeks to curb lobbyist-paid freebies, make it more difficult for lawmakers to become lobbyists, tweak campaign finance laws and, perhaps most notably, overhaul how state legislative districts are drawn.

A special live edition of St. Louis on the Air included host Don Marsh in conversation with guests surrounding the swearing-in of Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.

On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum, Jo Mannies and Rachel Lippmann reflect on Gov. Eric Greitens’ decision to resign from office.

The move marks a stunning end to a fast-rising political career that began with presidential ambitions and ended with a wave of scandal.

St. Louis Public Radio contributor Charlie McDonald talks to locally based Wee Heavies band members. 

Host Don Marsh talks to St. Louis Public Radio reporter Rachel Lippmann about Eric Greitens' resignation as Missouri governor. 

Host Don Marsh talks to St. Louis Public Radio reporter Ashley Lisenby about Starbuck's nationwide biases training.

Emily Webb (1976-2018), a beloved wife and mother, began clogging as a young girl in St. Charles, Missouri. Family members and fellow cloggers joined St. Louis on the Air this week in remembrance of her love for the American folk dance and her influence on the local clogging community.

Host Don Marsh spoke with staff from the Missouri Historical Society and a St. Louis-area veteran about documenting veterans' stories orally.

Host Don Marsh talked with legal experts about the resignation of Missouri Governor Eric Greitens.

Artists Chelsea Ritter-Soronen and Liza Fishbone are so down with taking art to the streets. Literally. On the pavement.   

From their home bases in Napa, St. Louis and Austin they meet up in cities everywhere to transform our concrete jungles into vivid works that draw you in. Literally! ChalkRiot's mastery of anamorphic visuals, done in ephemerally dusty chalk or persistent paint, create a riot of art that celebrates special events, delivers a message, and grounds Art-Girl Power in stunning, funny, intentional ways. ChalkRiot work vividly explores themes of Love, Technology, the Environment, Women-Strong, Aliens, Pink Bunnies, Justice and more.

Newest project Pavement Portals is ChalkRiot's ground-busting foray into Augmented Reality: your phone or tablet view of three fantastic Fortune Telling Machines jumps off floor canvas into scintillating, bubbly life. Look for a St. Louis media buzz around this work to amp up in other cities soon!

Photo credits: RJ Hartbeck Basil Tsimoyanis, Art St. Louis

Related Earthworms Conversations: Artists Take on Plastic Pollution and Invasive Bush Honeysuckle (March 2018)

St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis Public Radio political reporters and other guests in the wake of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' sudden announcement.

Host Don Marsh talks about the structure and function of political parties and party leadership in the United States. 

As that training got underway on Tuesday, St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh talked with Washington University’s Calvin Lai, who is the director of research for Project Implicit.

On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum is pleased to welcome University of Missouri System President Mun Choi to the program for the first time.

Choi oversees four University of Missouri campuses in Columbia, Rolla, Kansas City and St. Louis. He took on his job on March 1, 2017, succeeding interim President Michael Middleton.